Our View: Selfish nursing unions are putting lives at risk

Every attempt by the government to address the nursing shortage at private hospitals has been blocked by unions. Some private hospitals and clinics are at risk of not being able to operate with the number of nurses they have and have received warnings from the authorities about this, but there is nothing they can do because there are no nurses in the labour markets.

Earlier in the year, the health ministry prepared legislation that would allow the employment of third country nationals who had...